The balance between flavors and the high quality products are the means through which bringing your dishes at high levels. Apparently simple recipes can hide pleasant surprises too, stimulating mind and palate, as it happens for this risotto with anchovies, toasted hazelnuts and Sicilian lemon zest. The base is the Baldo Rice Principato di Lucedio, by an organic rice producer and the most ancient in Italy too, the Sicilian anchovy filets - La Bottarga di Tonno Group, a company located in the province of Trapani that brings the tastes of the Sicilian sea directly on your table. The Toasted and Shelled Hazelnuts - Nama Mandorle are from Siracusa, precisely Avola, a place where only few people know that not only almonds grow naturally, the creaming is made with the Butter - Beppino Occelli, and finally zest from non treated Sicilian lemons from Ribera. A risotto all’onda (fairy fluidi texture), to which the hazelnuts give crunchiness, while the strong and sapid taste of the anchovies meets the freshness of the lemon zest, closing the circle perfectly.

Despite the plant origins belong to the Far East countries, during the passing of the centuries Italy has developed a strong bond with rice, to the point of making the risotto one of its gastronomic specialties. Which were the origins of this partnership? The answer can be find in Vercelli, precisely at the Lucedio Abbey, where the friars in the 15th century introduced the cultivation of rice in Italy for the first time. So the agricultural company Principato di Lucedio is the producer of the first Italian rice, an heritage that has allowed the development of an exceptional product, derived from low impact and eco-sustainable cultivation. The varieties of rice cultivated are many and different, they’re the result of research, experience and sperimentation, from the classic carnaroli, vialone nano, Baldo Rice Principato di Lucedio to the more particular ones as rice venere, red rice Ermes, basmati, and the selenio rice variety for sushi.